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Awards season is in full swing across B.C.’s tech ecosystem. The latest to dish out accolades is New Ventures BC, with Ovou taking home the $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize Package in its 2022 competition.

In case you missed the details last night, here they are: New Ventures BC 2022: Meet the winners of $250k in cash and prizes

Now, onto your daily briefing.

Editor’s pick:

Here is the quartet up for the Company of the Year - Anchor Technology Impact Award

Meet the companies anchoring B.C.’s tech ecosystem not just locally, but globally. Start reading »

Funding and deals:

Innovate BC invests $2.3M into projects spanning cleantech, mining and forestry

The investments are the latest by the crown agency’s Ignite program, which has so far contributed nearly $11 million into 40-plus local R&D enterprises. Get the full story »

In other news:

• What the Council of Canadian Innovators is watching for in B.C. this fall. Continue »

• B.C. biotech real estate competition is intensifying. Business in Vancouver »

Ideas and insights:

• Raghwa Gopal, Innovate BC CEO, shared the local tech stories that caught his eye in September

• Jonathan Watson, CTO at Clio, is interviewed by Tech Captains: Enabling the tech behind the stellar Clio

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Until tomorrow!